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Buongiorno Spa Interim Report as of March 31, 2009

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3. Principles Adopted for the Consolidation and Preparation <strong>of</strong> the Financial<br />

Statements<br />

These consolidated <strong>Interim</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>as</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>31</strong>, <strong>2009</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Buongiorno</strong> (hereinafter<br />

referred to <strong>as</strong> the “<strong>Interim</strong> <strong>Report</strong>”) w<strong>as</strong> prepared in compliance with the requirements<br />

<strong>of</strong> the “Regulations for Implementing Legislative Decree No. 58 <strong>of</strong> February 24, 1998<br />

Regarding Issuers” (CONSOB Resolution No. 11971 <strong>of</strong> May 14, 1999 and subsequent<br />

amendments), and European Community Regulations No. 1606 <strong>of</strong> July 19, 2002, on<br />

international accounting standards. The <strong>Interim</strong> <strong>Report</strong> refers to the consolidated<br />

situation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Buongiorno</strong> and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (hereinafter the<br />

“<strong>Buongiorno</strong> Group” or the “Group”) <strong>as</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>31</strong>, <strong>2009</strong>.<br />

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared using the layout prescribed<br />

by the IAS/IFRS adopted by the European Union.<br />

The consolidation area <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Buongiorno</strong> Group compared to December <strong>31</strong>, 2008 w<strong>as</strong><br />

<strong>as</strong> follows:<br />

On January 1, <strong>2009</strong>:<br />

a) acquisition <strong>of</strong> minority interests in the South African subsidiary iTouch South<br />

Africa (Pty) Ltd, incre<strong>as</strong>ing the stake from 87.5% to 100%;<br />

b) merger <strong>of</strong> Grupo Itouch Movilisto Mexico SA de CV in the Mexican company My<br />

Alert SL de CV.<br />

The following table shows an outline <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Buongiorno</strong> Group’s structure at <strong>March</strong> <strong>31</strong>,<br />

<strong>2009</strong>. A list <strong>of</strong> consolidated companies at <strong>March</strong> <strong>31</strong>, <strong>2009</strong> is included in Annex B.<br />

<strong>Buongiorno</strong> SpA <strong>Interim</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>as</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>31</strong>, <strong>2009</strong> 5

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